Automatic feeder for metallic caps of crown-corks.



S. NAGY. AUTOMATIG FEEDER FOB. METALLIC GAPS 0F GROWN OOBKS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1Z, 1912. 1,058,684. Patented Feb; 18, 1913.

1 u 5; v WITNESSES/ INVENTOR %m%w w By 7 iJ hillh iilltrhii 1% sesessuimoy, OF NEW "some, N. Y.

- Specification oiLettei-s Patent.

. .iappliesiion file'dliovembcr 12, 1912. Serial No. 743G348.

To all whom it may evacuees:

Be it known that "I, STEEHEX NAGY, a subject of the King of Hungary, and resi- 611i; of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have-inted certain new and usefuilmprovemeuts toinstic Feeders for the Metallic oi which-the followingis marine;

the 5 1d conveyor without regard to the code: one. posi ions ho I or. i

ith these and, other objects in ViQW, ich Wili more fuliy appear as the nature ho invention is better understood, the luv-e. consists in the combination, arrange d construction of hereinafter u, Jointed out in the appended claims and. 1 ctedm the accompanying "mg understood that many uy he made in the size and propou Y parts and minor details of construction Within the scope of the sp-.

pondcd claims Without departing from the soirit or sucriiicin'? on of the advantages l L: J o

the invention.

wile or Lld many P0581. -e eiooo iments oi the invention is illustrated in the accompanyng dI'iiWlElgS,ilL-Wll1h I i urc 1 is a front elevation of the device cons rusted in accordance with the pcesent invention; Fig. 2 is s. longitudinal vertical zen through portion of the chute; is c section taken on line 33 oil-Fig. section taken on line of 5 iso sectioutcken on line 5-5 7? 1g. 6 is c section taken on line 3; out l1 '7 is asectiou'talien 3-4. of Fig.3.

urswfngs, he umeral it indicates in which they leave the is hm oer of an suitable construction con- ,Qi y 9 mining-s supply of caps or other similar articles which are to be, fed to the crown cork lbl'ing machine or other device. The cops are fedfrom this hopper through the outlet 11. thereof into a chute 12. The contents of the hopper may he agitated by any suitable means to bring them in the proper relation to the chute 12. In the case illus- *trote'd in the drawings a plurality of pins 13 are providedfivhich project through apertures 1 into the hopper, and are connected outside of said hopper by a cross bar 15, which is pivotslly attached at 16 to a link 17, the other end of-Which'is'fulcrumed 211118 to a rotary disk 19. A downwardly extend rod 20 is provided upon the cross bar 15, said rod being reciprocably arranged in an aperture 21 of a guide block 22. T he peripheral portion of the rotary disk 19 projccts through opening 23 into the hopper. The dish rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 of the drawings and tends, by friction, to feed the caps one after the other into the chute, which directs the cops to the surface of a rotary carrier plate 24, the latter presenting them to the crown cork assembling machine.

The chute comprises three distinct p01";- tions, denoted by the numerals 25, 26 and 27, The portion constitutes the receiviug section, the portion 27 the delivering section, and the intermediate portion 26 the inverting section. The chute is made in. the

form of a closed passage. The cross section of the receiving section 25 is oblong, its height being considerably greater than its Width; The dimensions or" this section of the chute are such that the metallic caps can pass freely through the some, sliding orrclling on their flange p'ortions28 no matter Whether the said flange portions. Contact with the front Wall 80 or'with the rear Wall 31 Patented Feb. 18,1913.

of the section 25 of the" chute. The cross section ofthe dclivery'section 27 .is also ohlong, its dlmensions being the same as those of the receiving section 25; however, in the deliverysectiou the Width is greater than the height. The intermediate section 26 of the chute is substantially triangular in cross section, The base of the triangular cross section gradually increases from its juncture with the section 25 toward and to its juncture with the section 27, From an inspection of the drawings it will be observed that the base of the triangular cross section is slightly larger than the Width of the sec tion 25 at the juncture of the sections 25 and 26, and corresponds to the Width of the cross section of the section 27 at the point Where it is joined to the latter section.

From the bottom of the intermediate secv respectively, which are made, preferably,

integral with the member 32. The ridges extend from the point 33 toward the rear of the member 32, but terminate at substantial distances from the rear end. The longitudinal edges and 335 of the ridges run parallel with the inner "Faces of the sides 26' and 26", respectively, of the portion 26 of the chute and are arranged at distances from said sides which are somewhat greater than the heights of the flanges 28 of the caps. The height of each rid e corresponds to half of the ditlerence between the diameters of the flange portion and head portion 29 of a cap, and the wid'tl'i thereof is substantially the same as the height of the head portion of a cap.

The operation of the novice is as follows: The metallic caps are drunped in the hopper, from which they are fed one after the other into the chute. They enter the chute indiscriminately, that is to say some With their flanges contacting with the front- Wall and some with the rear wall of the section 25 ot' the chute. intermediate portion 26 of the chute, they slide or roll on their flange portions. In the portion 26 of the chute they are inverted so that they entcr the portion 27 resting" on their heads. The inverting is cll ectcd in the following manner: The caps. the flanges of which contact with the front wall 30, are deflected by the ridge 84 so that their flange portions will contact with the wall 26 of the section 26, for the reason that the outer edge 35 of the ridge 5-34- is arranged at a distance from the inner face of the wall 26, which corresponds to the heights of the flange portions of the caps, and because the heights'of the head portions or". the caps are greater than the heights of the flange portions thereof.

ln passing toward the llnasnmch as the cross sections of :nosaeea the portion 26 and of the Wedge 32 are triangular, these caps will be gradually inclined, so that that side of the wedgeshaped member on which the ridge 34c is arran ed will form a support -for the heads of the caps. The caps will i. ave the wed shaped member due to the inclination of chute thus in an inverted position, and slide through the portion 2'? onto the rotary carrier plate 24. In a similar manner will be guided and inverted by the ridge 3d, the corresponding side of the Wedgesliaped member 32 those caps which slide down oppositely faced, that is to say the flanges of which contact with the rear Wall 31 ot the section 25 of the chute...

It is obvious that, while herein a particular type of hopper has been described and. shown. any other suitable mechanism may be made use of. I

It is to be observed that, while the device has been described as particularly useful for feeding of the u-clyallic caps of crown corks, the same may be used for the feeding of complete crown corks. As, however, the latter are to be presented to the stoppering machine in their upright positions, the chute portion "27 will have to be giveirabout hali a turn. i

'lVhat' I claim is:--

1. in an apparatus for feeding metallic caps, the combination with a chute for receiving the caps indiscriminately in oppositcly facing positions, said chute being prorided with an extension of substantially criaugular cross section, of a wedge-shaped inveiling, member of triangular cross section in said extension, and ridges arranged alon the sides of said wcdgcshaped member for deflecting the caps to the sides of said iri'crting member in accordance with their positions in said chute.

2. ln an apparatus for feeding metallic caps, the combination with a chute for receiving the caps indiscriminately in oppositely facing positions, said chute being provided with an extension of substantially triangular cross section. of a wedge-shaped inverting: member of triangular cross section in said extension, and ridges running" along the sides of said wedge-shaped member in parallel relation to the inner faces of the side walls of said extension for detlect the caps to the sides of said inverting ii anber in accordance with their positions in said chute. I

3. ln an apparatus for feeding metallic caps, the combination with a chute for re ceivi'ng the caps indiscriminately in oppositely facing positions, said chute being; pro- \'ided with an extension of substantially triangular cross section. of a wedge shaped inverting member of triangular cross s ction in said extension, and ridges running a on the sides of said Wedge-shaped member in I Signed at New York, in the county of parallel relutlon to the mner faces of the New York and emu; of New Ymrk, thls 31s? side Walls of szud extension, the dlstance beday of October, A. D. lOii-Z.

tween the outer edge of each ridge and ihe 1 WEEPHEN NAGY. 1 lnner face of the corresponchng SIdG Wall 01? 1 fitnesses:

said extension being substantially equal to SIGMIJND Hmzzoe, the helght of the flange portion of a cap. 1 BERTHOLD NAGY. 

